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COVID-19: Mortality Among Latinos Higher Than Non-Hispanic Whites


KVEA-TV (March 29, Telemundo affiliate, Los Angeles) interviewed Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about the pandemic’s impact on Latino Californians, and the risks posed during the upcoming spring break. “After a year in lockdown, the temptation to party during spring break can be very hard to resist,”…

KVEA-TV (March 29, Telemundo affiliate, Los Angeles) interviewed Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, about the pandemic’s impact on Latino Californians, and the risks posed during the upcoming spring break. “After a year in lockdown, the temptation to party during spring break can be very hard to resist,” Hayes-Bautista said. “We caution that the death rate associated with COVID-19 for Latino young adults has been consistently more than five times higher than the rate for non-Hispanic whites.” (Also: MyNewsLA, City News Service, KNX-AM, KCBS-FM, KTWV-FM, NewsMedical, and Science News).